Brantford City

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Brantford City
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1947
First contested 1925
Last contested 1945

Brantford City was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1949. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford riding.

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It consisted initially of the City of Brantford (according to its 1914 boundaries) and the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the Grand River, in the county of Brant.

The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Brantford riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Brantford
15th  1925–1926   Robert Edwy Ryerson Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940   William Ross Macdonald Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
Riding dissolved into Brantford

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Robert Edwy Ryerson 7,395
Liberal William Gawtress Raymond4,952
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Robert Edwy Ryerson 7,070
Liberal William Ross Macdonald 5,993
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Robert Edwy Ryerson 9,154
Liberal William Ross Macdonald 6,072
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Ross Macdonald 7,383
Conservative Robert Edwy Ryerson 6,511
Co-operative Commonwealth William John Cowherd1,618
Reconstruction Allan Kneale1,202
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Ross Macdonald 8,013
National Government Charles Eardley Wilmot6,312
Co-operative Commonwealth John Henry Matthews1,315
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Ross Macdonald 8,670
Progressive Conservative Walter James Dowden6,988
Co-operative Commonwealth Nelson Cox2,437

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